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Bats have been misrepresented in art and literature for centuries in the West. Their terrifying image has been entrenched in our collective consciousness through Durers engravings, Miltons poetry, Gothic novels and horror films. With climate change and habitat loss reducing global bat ...

Speaking at the UN Climate Summit in Katowice, Sir David Attenborough warned that the extinction of much of the natural world is "on the horizon." Australia is one of the worst performing countries when it comes to protecting our unique fauna and flora. We ask whether it's time to create an All ...

Palaeontologist and conservationist, Tim Flannery, has been looking back over the past hundred million years of the flora and fauna of Europe, examining remarkable migrations between continents, vast climate changes, and mass extinctions. Who knew of the dwarfish dinosaurs that once ...

Observing and understanding changes in the marine realm is a critical challenge for science and the future of our oceans, argues Dr Jessica Melbourne-Thomas. Recorded at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as part of BeakerStreet Science Festival. Guest Dr Jessica Melbourne-Thomas Research ...

President Trump has promised a wall along the US Mexico border to stop illegal immigration. Parts of the border are areas of high biodiversity, such as the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Tim Keitt studies animal movement and says some animals will be impacted highly by a barrier. Animals with ...